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Re:Americans Will Need to Register to Travel to Europe in 2023 by kolinko on Monday February 21, 2022 @02:26AM (#30412848)
Social Media accounts - yes, I was surprised to see that on my visa form 2 years ago. It wasn’t there 12 years ago when I got my previous one.

Phone scanning &laptop - it never happened to me, and I’ve been to US 20 times, coming from Poland. But it sucks that this is always in cards :/

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Re:Americans Will Need to Register to Travel to Europe in 2023 by usr1106 on Monday February 21, 2022 @02:47AM (#30412988)
> Social Media accounts - yes, I was surprised to see that on my visa form 2 years ago.

Is that part of the ESTA questions these days? I have heard reports but couldn't find a screenshot or similar.

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Re:Americans Will Need to Register to Travel to Europe in 2023 by midasuni on Monday February 21, 2022 @03:03AM (#30413089)
Yes. It’s optional. Even if you don’t answer they still do a brief look. I had a “ Public Safety Professional in the Law Enforcement industry from Washington DC-Baltimore Area” look at my linkedin when I got my latest ESTA a few weeks ago. Not sure if that’s because it had been 18 months since my previous one expired.
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